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In operation since 1974, TRIUMF is home to the largest cyclotron in the world. As part of the initiative to bring the new Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory (ARIEL) online, the 520MeV complex has undergone numerous upgrades. One essential to ARIEL was replacing the main injection beamline to increase reliability and total proton output of the main machine, suitable for the upcoming ARIEL era. With the first phase completed in 2013, installation was finalized over a scheduled four-month maintenance period in 2025, followed by beam delivery being resumed for users.
Although scheduled using TRIUMF’s Systematic Approach to Shutdown (SAS); the replacement of the main injection line was complex, time constrained, and technically demanding. Once beam delivery was returned, issues related to the new injection line installation presented various limiting factors for both operators and users. I will showcase key examples of how TRIUMF successfully addressed these issues, and improved overall reliability by reinforcing a less reactive approach to operation and incorporating systematic workflows for the new injection beamline.